Circle C Ranch Academy is a child daycare & preschools daycare located at 6204 Interbay Boulevard, Tampa, Florida FL. Find contact info, location details, and similar daycares nearby.
What Parents Say
Circle C Ranch Academy is highly praised by parents for its unique ranch setting and diverse educational programming. Parents consistently highlight the outdoor learning environment, animal interactions, horseback riding opportunities, and quality staff as major strengths. Children reportedly enjoy attending and thrive in the natural, play-based atmosphere.
My daughter goes to vpk there and loves it! They get to ride horses, have a bounce house every other Friday, a dance instructor comes a couple times a month and does dance. She has homework a couple times a week and fun family activities to complete. She brings home all her school work so I can see how she is doing. I'd totally check them out it's such a neat place in the city.
This is an amazing school. When I was a kid it was B&R Ranch but about 40 years ago Sally Harris purchased it and transformed it into a paradise of learning and fun. The needs and wants of both parents and children are not only met they are absolutely exceeded with an amazing staff, great classrooms for learning and educational opportunities, horses to both learn from and have fun with and amazing playgrounds. To handle the virus they built outdoor classrooms so social distancing could be maintained. This is a very easy five stars compared to any other educational and/or day care facility in West Central Florida. It is easy to see why so many military families from Macdill are so happy to be so close to such an amazing place.
This is an ideal place for kids to flourish - my seven year old daughter has attended for a few years, and has flourished as a result of the diversity of programming and wonderful kids and staff. During the school year, homework is a priority, yet she also plays hard with plenty of opportunity to develop social skills with her peers and, most importantly, use her imagination. Yes, we go through plenty of "Shout!" on the clothes at the end of the day, but it is well worth it as she is doing what kids should do (as opposed to watching TV, on the computer, video games ... she is playing outside, interacting with friends, and for heaven's sake, riding horses, how awesome is that!).
The ranch is lovely. Staff is generally kind. Apparently they had to get rid of all of the animals except the riding horses... no pony, pig, goat, chicken,... this was the primary reason we selected this location... it's still a lovely place, Its just not what we were expecting. The summer program may be staffed by new people because none of the faculty that I have meet seem to be on the site. I wish there were cameras on site since parents are no longer allowed in the classroom.
Has been a great fit for our kid-she has been there for VPK ,summer camp and KG aftercare.I usually have to drag her home as she loves being there. It has a natural relaxed environment ,acres of oak shaded play areas ,horses, ducks goats etc.She loves the freedom and the care by the staff.I have found the staff very responsive.I love their open air stage -Christmas programs under the stars and their outdoor graduation ceremony.